The October Revolution in prospect and retrospect [electronic resource] : interventions in Russian and Soviet history / by John Eric Marot.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marot, John Eric, 1953-

Series:

Historical materialism book series ; 37.

Historical materialism book series, 1570-1522 ; v. 37

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Opposition (Political science)--Soviet Union.

Opposition (Political science).

Right and left (Political science)--Soviet Union.

Right and left (Political science).

Socialism--Soviet Union.

Socialism.

Labor unions--Soviet Union.

Labor unions.

Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921.

Soviet Union.

Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921--Historiography.

Bogdanov, A. (Aleksandr), 1873-1928.

Bogdanov, A.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boston ; Leiden : Brill, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In a series of probing analytical essays, John Marot tracks the development of Bolshevism through the prism of pre-1917 intra-Russian Social Democratic controversies in politics and philosophy. For 1917, the author presents a critique of social historical interpretation of the Russian Revolution. Turning to NEP Russia, the author applies Robert Brenner's analysis of pre-capitalist modes of production and concludes that neither Bukharin nor Trotsky's NEP-premised programs of economic transformation and advance toward socialism were feasible. At the same time, he rejects the view that Stalinism was pre-destined to supplant NEP. Instead, he hypothesises that the superior alternative to Stalinism was NEP without collectivization and the Five-Year Plans — a outcome that would have been possible had Bukharin and Trotsky joined forces to stop Stalin.

Contents:

The peasant-question and the origins of Stalinism: rethinking the destruction of the October Revolution

Trotsky, the left opposition and the rise of Stalinism: theory and practice

Class-conflict, political competition and social transformation: critical perspectives on the social history of the Russian revolution

Political leadership and working-class agency in the Russian revolution: reply to William G. Rosenberg and S.A. Smith

A 'postmodern' approach to the Russian revolution?: comment on Ronald Suny

Alexander Bogdanov, Vpered, and the role of the intellectual in the workers' movement

The Bogdanov issue: reply to Andrzej Walicki, Aileen Kelly and Zenovia Sochor

Marxism, science, materialism: toward a deeper appreciation of the 1908-1909 philosophical debate in Russian social democracy

Politics and philosophy in Russian social democracy: Alexander Bogdanov and the socio-theoretical foundations of Vpered.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-77272-7

9786613683496

90-04-22987-6

OCLC:

796383682

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004229877 DOI